718Predictors of Hospital Mortality Among Septic ICU Patients With Acinetobacter spp. Bacteremia: A Cohort Study
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Acinetobacter spp. Bacteremia: A Cohort Study Andrew F. Shorr, MD, MPH; Marya D. Zilberberg, MD, MPH; Scott Micek, PharmD; Marin Kollef, MD; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC; University of Massachusetts and Evimed Research Group, LLC, Goshen, MA; Pharmacy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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دوره 1 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014